Bed-spring-supporting frame.



W. F. WEPPNER.

BED SPRING SUPPORTING FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN, 3, 1910.

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BED SPRING SUPPORTING FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1910.

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WILLIAM F. WEFPNER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO FORT PITT BEDDING COMPANY, OF FITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM F. WnI PNnR, a resident of Pittsburg, North Side, 1n the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsyl Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed Spring Supporting Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to bed-spring supporting frames, and has for its object to provide a frame which can be hung from and used with iron or wooden bed-steads of varying sizes.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangements, construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use my improved bed-spring-supporting frame, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view showing a portion of a bed-spring and its supporting frame formed in two sections and in an open position with the spring removed from one section, and showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 1 is a like view to Fig. 1 of the spring and frame showing another form of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of the same showing the manner of application to the rails of a bed-stead. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the form of my invention in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View showing one of the frame supporting members. Fig. 41 is a perspective view showing another form of my invention. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are perspective views showing other forms of my invention.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawing.

As illustrated in the drawing, 1 represents the upper frame of the bed-spring, and is shown in two sections 2, which are joined together by the hinges 3 connecting the middle bars 4 of the said frame. The rectangular lower or spring supporting frame 5 is provided with the cross-bars 6, and between the frames 1 and 5-are located the helical springs 7, which are connected at their lower ends to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 3, 1910.

Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

Serial No. 536,213.

the frame 5 and cross-bars 6, and their upper ends are connected to interwoven wires 8 carried by the frame 1. Hinged to the outer bars 5 of the frame 5 are the hangers or supporting members 9 for connecting said frame to the side rails 64 of the bed, as shown in Fig. 2, and such members are formed from thin flat or sheet metal by bending and providing with an eye portion 10 at the inner ends of the same for fitting within openings or slots 11 in said bars and around the lower portions 11 in said bars formed by said slots. The outer ends of the hangers 9 are provided with the hooked portions 9, and when the two sections 2 of the spring are folded together, the hangers 9 are swung around toward the center of the frame 5 so as to extend upwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the hangers 9 are in this position the spring is ready for packing, storing or shipping, or may be used in connection with a wooden bed by opening up the sections 2 and resting the cross-bars 6 and outer side rails 5 of the frame 5 upon the wooden slats of the bed, as the hangers in such position will not interfere with the side rails of such bed.

WVhen the device is to be used in connection with a metal bed, the hangers 9 are swung outwardly to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and in full lines Fig. 2, so that their hooked shaped ends 9 will engage with the side rails 64 of such bed, and will be substantially on a line with the top of the frame 5.

In case of any slight variance in the sizes of beds, as frequently happens with beds of different manufacturers, the hangers 9 will have sufficient play so that they may be shifted slightly, and such movement will be permitted by the lower portions 11 in the ends bars 5 of the frame 5 and formed by the slots 11, being somewhat smaller in crossscction than the bore of the eye portion 10 on said hangers and extending around the same.

In Fig. 41 the hanger 9 is shown as being formed from a wire rod, which is bent to form the desired shape and the two ends 9 of such rod in forming the hanger are provided with the eye portion 10 for fitting within holes 11 in the bars 5.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the hangers 9 are shown as of bent sheet metal and connected to the upper portion of the bars 5 of the frame 5, in which case the portion 11 on such bars and formed by the slots 11 will form an upper portion on said bars, instead of a lower portion, as previously described, for the eye portion 10 on said hangers to surround the same in the hinging of said hangers, and the end of such hangers in forming said eye portion is curved or flanged outwardly by bending, as at 12, so as to bind against the portion 11 on such bars and thereby hold or lock the hangers in both positions of the same. In Fig. 6-the hangers 9 as formed from a wire rod, as previously described, are placed in the same position on the bars 5, as the hangers shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 and the ends 9 of the same in forming the eye portions 10 for fitting in the holes 11 in such bars are provided with like flanged portions 12 for engagement with the bar portions 11 in the holding of the hangers in place in both positions, which will also prevent the hangers from falling forward, but may be thrown back, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, the hangers 9 when in posit-ion for engaging with the rails a of a metal bed will be above the line of the frame 5, and such hangers as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 will be substantially on a line with the bottom of the said frame, so as to provide for different heights of the spring within the bed. In Fig. 7, the hanger 9 is shown as formed of bent sheet metal, while in Fig. 8 such hanger is formed from a wire rod, as previously described, and both such hangers are provided with aseat 12, which is formed in the body portion of the same by bending the same, and when such hangers snap into the position shown they will be held there by contact between the lower edge of the bars 5, 40

and such seat to hold or lock the hanger in place when imposition for engaging with the rails of a metal bed.

It will be evident that my improved con struction can be used in connection with a single bed-spring frame or one having more than two sections, as described, and that various other modifications and changes may be made in the construction and design of the device without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- In combination a bed-spring supporting frame formed of bars provided with open ings therein, hangers hinged within said bars by an eye portion fitting in said openings and adapted to swing around a portion of said bars included within said eye portion for engaging with a bed to support said frame, and means on said hangers for engagment with said bars to hold said hangers in position.

In testimony whereof I, the said IVILLIAM F. WEPPNER, have hereunto set my hand.

WM. F. VVEPPNER.

Witnesses:

H. E. VVOLF, C. F. HADLY. 

